Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 02-12-2019 and time 12:31:07 (Italy) in region 4 km S Gangi (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Gangi (PA), on

  • 02-12-2019 11:31:07 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2019 12:31:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7640, 14.2040 at 17 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Gangi PA 4 6811 6811
Petralia Soprana PA 9 3360 10171
Bompietro PA 9 1401 11572
Petralia Sottana PA 11 2821 14393
Alimena PA 11 2032 16425
Blufi PA 11 1029 17454
Geraci Siculo PA 12 1945 19399
Sperlinga EN 13 805 20204
Castellana Sicula PA 14 3411 23615
Castel di Lucio ME 17 1294 24909
San Mauro Castelverde PA 17 1701 26610
Nicosia EN 17 13899 40509
Resuttano CL 18 2038 42547
Polizzi Generosa PA 19 3407 45954
Villarosa EN 20 4937 50891

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.9 2019-12-02
11:31:07
37.7642 14.2043 17 2020-02-28
16:42:14
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74737211
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2019-12-02
11:31:06
37.7308 14.1753 25 2019-12-02
11:40:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74247001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-02 11:31:07 ± 0.27
Latitude 37.7642 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.2043 ± 0.0193
Depth (km) 17 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74737211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1390
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1126
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 102
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1390.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40739
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74737211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-17 14:02:30

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74247001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-02 11:40:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMDO.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:20.03 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:17.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 326 23.1546 115 0.55 70
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:17.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 348 25.8519 112 0.15 51
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:16.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 48 45.2214 100 0.13 100
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:15.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 18.3705 123 0.4 74
IV.CPTP.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:31:15.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 185 39.7269 102 0.52 46
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:15.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 268 39.5271 102 0.49 69
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:14.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 314 10.9779 140 0.21 78
IV.GALF.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:31:14.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 100 32.3454 106 0.47 48
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:13.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 348 25.8519 112 -0.25 100
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:31:13.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 29.5482 108 -0.1 77
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:12.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 326 23.1546 115 -0.5 71
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:11.42 0.1 positive manual P 225 18.3705 123 -0.84 82
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:31:10.94 0.1 positive manual P 314 10.9779 140 -0.46 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00071585795 0.416 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:16.45
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0011177555 0.4992 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:16.64
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00010668185999999998 0.3776 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:18.76
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000112544585 0.3392 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:19.04
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00133347 0.4224 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:15.04
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00089691975 0.544 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:14.72
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.7 0.00023173064999999998 0.48 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:19.78
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.8 0.0002972637 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:31:19.79
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